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I am celebrating my 9-months' anniversary post AVR in a Holter monitor following a rapid increase in heart rate, from 98 to 152 in a split second, while on a treadmill at my gym. No interval rates were recorded. I had just spent 40 minutes in a warm water therapy pool working on chronic...

At 14 weeks post-surgery I am uncomfortable with my scar, and when I look down at it I have flashbacks to some of the scariest aspects of my surgery. My skin is very pale and the scar is extremely red and rather crooked at the bottom. My chest was stapled and there are vertical rows of very...

I am 19 days past AVR and am having trouble breathing deeply. I have severe obstructive sleep apnea and don't know if that is a factor. I am 69 and do not have coronary artery disease. I think that very briefly I was able to reach 1500 mL but am now in the 750-900 range. Can anyone tell me...

My surgery for aortic valve replacement is next week and I am trying to read all I can to make the best valve choice for me and to feel as comfortable as possible with the worry about how my sleep apnea therapy will fare in the ICU and the days after when I may have difficulty wrangling the mask...